Exciting! The hold up with the organizer is understandable, I just wish they'd told us about it earlier instead of leaving us hanging for over three months.

The outfits have been in the game for four months, and all we had to was enter in our forum badge code? I feel like people would have tried that already...And they certainly could have told us that when TFC came out.

"But even if we don't reach that lofty goal this time around, we hope to some day still be able to tell this story. April's story, all of it. All that remains of it. Because it needs to be told. And you all deserve to hear it. And we would love to share it with you." - RTG, March 1, 2013

"Even if we don't get to $2 million, we will still look into ways of making The Longest Journey Home a reality...some day. It's a story we all want to tell, and we won't let it die." - RTG, March 9, 2013

I find it hilarious that these were in the game for months and they didn't tell anyone. There are two recolored versions of existing outfits and we can now wear all outfits at any point in the game EXCEPT THE STORYTIME OUTFIT, but including the classic Zoe costume from the evil twin sequence in Storytime. No separate options for hair and I didn't have the tier with accessories so not a clue if any made it in.

I got the highest outfit tier and mine had all those, but also had one called "Arcadian Teal" which is Zoe's Arcadia outfit recolored. I had that exact same idea, actually, to recolor her Arcadia outfit green. However, it looks like we can only put it on in Europolis. So...yeah. But we can also run outside in her underwear and the Jiva outfit.

"But even if we don't reach that lofty goal this time around, we hope to some day still be able to tell this story. April's story, all of it. All that remains of it. Because it needs to be told. And you all deserve to hear it. And we would love to share it with you." - RTG, March 1, 2013

"Even if we don't get to $2 million, we will still look into ways of making The Longest Journey Home a reality...some day. It's a story we all want to tell, and we won't let it die." - RTG, March 9, 2013

Heh, well so am I and I'm quite happy to blab. I've been on Ragnar's case since the t-shirt debacle which showed me clear as day the way he works. This entire project has been so badly mismanaged it's hard to know where to start. This is all on Ragnar. He has no idea how to sensibly and reasonably manage his own deadlines. He gives himself so many free passes, this is why it's dragging on for fucking years.

"we're working on Journeys Birth and the accompanying comic"

Oh cool. But wait, that's the thing you said was already done 2 years ago. And lo and behold it's not done. Quelle surprise. Can't believe a word this clown says.

Oh and no word about anything missing from the game? Like stretch goals? Hello? Anyone? Fry? Bueller? You're just going to shrug and say "Hey, shit happens in development." ? That is not good enough. That is so far away from being anything resembling acceptable. When the only thing saving you is that you were never legally obliged to do what you said, you know something is very wrong somewhere.

And then the crowning turd on the Christmas cake is "Oh, didn't we tell you about the outfits?" Fuck me. The only thing I've ever seen managed worse than this project is Brexit.

Oh, I'm still really, really salty as well about some of the things that happened, but I am actually doing a playthrough of DF:C again one last time. Just for the sake of it. For nostalgia's sake really. This despite all the problems I still have with the game. But this time I actually know what to expect. I know which parts I liked, and which parts felt completely convoluted to me, or didn't make any sense. I guess I owe it to the little boy who fell in love with these games more than 10 years ago. Plus, there is a little bit of hope that the tie-in materials, whenever they actually arrive, fix some of the problems, or at least make them less bad. I guess I just feel that I've spent long enough being annoyed and focusing on all the things that this game was not. Mistakes have been made and I would never excuse them, but I'm ready to give it one last shot.

I just wish they would provide more regular mini updates. It sounds like both the soundtrack and the bonus outfits have been available for at least a little while. These are both things people have been asking for, so I'm a little surprised we didn't get a little update to the effect of: "Hey guys, the bonus outfits are now available on Humble bundle! Here's how to redeem: [...]. We're still working on the physical rewards, update to follow." It would go so far to keep the community happy. The long silences are causing people to start expecting the worst, and it seems silly when you actually have good news to share!

The re-affirmation that they are still working on the physical maps, books, and USB is very reassuring.

The art book is done, and we're working on Journeys Birth and the

accompanying comic, containing several short stories that provide more context

and background to the game. We look forward to expanding the universe and

Fantastic news, I'm so happy for all the backers who can finally get their physical rewards. And all the more happy that it seems Journeys Birth is still going on, I totally gave up on it. I'll believe it when I see it, but still, the fact that they mentioned it at least (as opposed to many other stuff they didn't comment on, such as stretch goals), it looks promising.

All in all, I'm just glad to hear some news from RTG. Hopefully it's a start, and we will eventually reach a point of honesty.

I'm afraid honesty is an aspect of character, a principle. If someone shows you they don't really follow it then that's how they will deal with any difficult situation. Anyone can be honest when things are going well and there's no reason to lie. It's what you do during the hard times that shows who you are.